Step-by Step building the ultimate GRR3 E-Revo!

[TDC57]

Good morning Jerry!..
Thanks for commenting sir it’s always a pleasure to hear from you.. I hope the move went well for you and your family?? Are you guys in yet?? How are your toys, have you pulled them out of the boxes??.

Have a great week Jerry!..

Shaun.

[TDC57]

Well I found a new construction site this morning where they are performing the initial site work and I decided to take out my Gevo & my X-Ray and beat the hell out of them on the fresh soil. It started out like every other bash day, good weather, no crowds and open area to myself.. I just finished up completing my XB8 buggy conversion and thought I would try it out first. Well it rolled all of 3’ feet and started to smoke!?? (FIRE) What the hell??... It turns out that my new MGM 12012 controller couldn’t handle 4s and it went up in smoke!.. Now I know how the MMM team feels…


Well screw that!, I'm came prepared so I pulled out my gevo and started down / through the site, the truck is running great, ok at least this is working.. 5 minutes into the bashing the dam thing breaks??.. I'm thinking what the hell??, it turns out that I snapped my rear diff output shaft. Dam it!..












The only bright thing is that since I needed to remove my rear hybrid diffs to make the repairs, it gave me the opportunity to review my gears and my 3905 drive shafts after (4) months of abuse on 6s..

They say that with all negatives you experience there are equal positives that you also experience, lets test that theory..

Negatives:
• Broke two trucks today
• Fried my new MGM controller

Positives:
• Now I'm sending two controllers in to MGM for repairs, so next month I should have a surplus of working controllers. ( 4 MGM & 1 MMM)
• I know that those Hybrid diffs are worth they weight in gold and overall everything is holding up quite well.
• I know that I should have my GEVO up and running by the So Cal bash.
• Mike has the parts I need in stock.
• It’s another opportunity to drink..



Have a great week everybody!..

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Damn, unlucky on your buggy, must of been bad to do all that build time and no go. Did only the ESC go up in smoke? Nothing else got ruined by the ESC?

[TDC57]

It freaked me out DB, I didn’t have the body on it (luckily) and then I saw it smoke so I knew (shooot) I'm screwed!, but then it started to catch fire!, my Lipos!... I just started to through dirt on my new clean shinny buggy!.. (it killed me!) but I wanted to save my 4s before they went up in smoke and blowup my buggy. Luckily it appears that just my controller is toast. I got busy working on my GEVO to tell you the truth to check the rest of the car out, that a project for another night.

lol sorry about the laughing, but probably a funny sight to watch you do that franiticly, and all over your fresh build, sorry to hear about your mgm tho!

[TDC57]

No worries.. "thinking back" It was one of the moments when you wish you had the Video running (for sure!)..

MGM should have it replaced and back in my hands in about 4-5 weeks. Probably before the 2nd batch of MMM are released.. (sorry, lets not go their)..

[MetalMan]

That really sucks! All that waiting for me to finish the mounts and then this . I sure hope you can get an ESC or two before the bash!

[Gee]

The RC Gods have a strange sense of humor at times. At least that's what I convinced myself after they fried two of my esc in a matter a week. I'm sure I heard laughing when I found the second one smoking. It's good to have the old noble steed there when you need it. The evo is the one it seems I can always fall back on when the rest are breaking down one after the other.

One more + to toss one back Shaun. The ESC didn't go up in smoke in the house. Takes weeks to get that burnt electrical smell out. Bottoms up!

[TDC57]

She knows nothing..( a few hundred more or less). If she ever knew how much I’ve got in my builds it would jump start her menopause..

[Gee]

Originally Posted by TDC57

She knows nothing..( a few hundred more or less). If she ever knew how much I’ve got in my builds it would jump start her menopause..

That's too funny! Thanks for the laugh.

[TDC57]

Anytime Gee...

[TDC57]

GEVO UPDATE!

So I Just got back from camping and have some hard core bashing video to show for it!. I took my Gevo Rock & Tree climbing and beat the beans out of it at the lake over several days, the video is a little long but most of the cool crashes come at the end of the video (sorry)..

Rock Climbing vid: “Nothing too spectacular”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRnfkKdxg04

Beating the beans out of it at the lake: Cool Crashes!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLZx6fFm-q8

Thanks for your time and have a great one..

Shaun.

[JThiessen]

Nice video. One piece of advice - if you are going to continue to drive like me, you'd better put a lid on that thing or you are going to break something $$$.

[JERRY2KONE]

Well it looks like you had some fun delivering that beating. Nice to see your rig running so well. I hope to be doing soimething similar very soon. We are now moved into our home in Korea, but still waiting on all of our stuff to arrive. Then I will post up some photos for you to. Nice work as usual Shaun.

[Gee]

Nice to see the Gevo roll up it sleeves and get into it. How does the carbon fiber bottom hold up against scratches. I know you intentionally ran right over one of those rocks in the bashing video.